ἀνάβρωσις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀναβιβρώσκω (anabibrṓskō, “I eat”) +‎ -σῐς (-sĭs).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.ná.brɔː.sis/ → /aˈna.βro.sis/ → /aˈna.vro.sis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.ná.brɔː.sis/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /aˈna.bro.sis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /aˈna.βro.sis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /aˈna.vro.sis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /aˈna.vro.sis/

Noun

ᾰ̓νᾰ́βρωσῐς • (ănắbrōsĭs) f (genitive ᾰ̓νᾰβρώσεως); third declension

1. corrosion or erosion

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ ᾰ̓νᾰ́βρωσῐς; τῆς ᾰ̓νᾰβρώσεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ᾰ̓νᾰ́βρωσῐς hē ănắbrōsĭs	τὼ ᾰ̓νᾰβρώσει tṑ ănăbrṓsei	αἱ ᾰ̓νᾰβρώσεις hai ănăbrṓseis
Genitive	τῆς ᾰ̓νᾰβρώσεως tês ănăbrṓseōs	τοῖν ᾰ̓νᾰβρωσέοιν toîn ănăbrōséoin	τῶν ᾰ̓νᾰβρώσεων tôn ănăbrṓseōn
Dative	τῇ ᾰ̓νᾰβρώσει têi ănăbrṓsei	τοῖν ᾰ̓νᾰβρωσέοιν toîn ănăbrōséoin	ταῖς ᾰ̓νᾰβρώσεσῐ / ᾰ̓νᾰβρώσεσῐν taîs ănăbrṓsesĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν ᾰ̓νᾰ́βρωσῐν tḕn ănắbrōsĭn	τὼ ᾰ̓νᾰβρώσει tṑ ănăbrṓsei	τᾱ̀ς ᾰ̓νᾰβρώσεις tā̀s ănăbrṓseis
Vocative	ᾰ̓νᾰ́βρωσῐ ănắbrōsĭ	ᾰ̓νᾰβρώσει ănăbrṓsei	ᾰ̓νᾰβρώσεις ănăbrṓseis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ᾰ̓νᾰβρωτῐκός (ănăbrōtĭkós)

References

• “ἀνάβρωσις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἀνάβρωσις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀνάβρωσις in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)